diff --git a/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs b/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
index 91254bb1..6f906c7f 100644
--- a/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
+++ b/Plugins.UserInterface/UniversalEditor.Plugins.Multimedia.UserInterface/Controls/DrawingArea/DrawingAreaControl.cs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.Controls.DrawingArea
 			else
 			{
 				Console.WriteLine("new picture dimensions {0}x{1}", mvarPicture.Width, mvarPicture.Height);
+				if (mvarPicture.Width == 0 || mvarPicture.Height == 0) return;
 
 				Image image = mvarPicture.ToImage();
 				e.Graphics.DrawImage(image, 0, 0);